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More than 5,000 people in Wales have tested positive for coronavirus after Public Health Wales confirmed a further 367 cases on Easter Sunday.

The total number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Wales now stands at 5,297, though the true number of cases is likely to be much higher.

A further 18 deaths have also been reported in Wales, bringing the total to 369.

Dr Giri Shankar, incident director for the Covid-19 outbreak at Public Health Wales, said: “Public Health Wales is working to address the negative impact of Covid-19 on the social, mental and physical wellbeing of people in Wales. The new ‘How are you doing?’ campaign is now live and offering practical advice from phw.nhs.wales/howareyoudoing."

The total number of UK deaths following positive tests has now surpassed 10,000 after another 657 deaths in England were announced on Sunday while 11 more deaths were confirmed in Northern Ireland and a further 16 in Scotland.

In total there have now been 10,612 deaths recorded in the UK with a total of 84,279 positive tests.

The announcement of the rise in cases and deaths came shortly after it was announced Prime Minister Boris Johnson had left a London hospital following treatment for the virus.

Overnight the United States surpassed Italy as the country with the highest death toll with 20,601 people having reportedly died after contracting coronavirus.

Italy is the next worst-affected country with 19,468 deaths, followed by Spain at 16,972 and France at 13,832.

Donna was a support worker at the Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff and her union Unison Cymru Wales said she contracted the virus after caring for patients.

Paying tribute to Donna, a spokesman from the hospital said: "She was without doubt a treasured member of our work family who could light up a room with her infectious laugh and bubbly personality, but at the same time she had the most wonderful ability to comfort and care for people."

On Saturday England's health secretary Matt Hancock said 19 NHS staff had died after contracting coronavirus, though that number is likely to have increased overnight.

The Department of Health and Social Care are yet to confirm whether the staff Mr Hancock was referring to were from NHS England or across the UK.